sustaining industrial and political democracy; however, there is a debate about the conditions under which unions can be … effective, and the role of unions’ internal democracy is particularly controversial. The article discusses the theoretical … linkages between trade unions, democratization and union democracy and concludes with a reflection on the new concerns about …

Under dictatorship, trade unions and strikes are illegal, and so wages are low and employment is full. Under democracy … and asset-holders-the latter vote, but supply capital rather than labor. In the move from dictatorship to democracy, the … of CES production functions, it is indeed the case that the democracy-favoring coalition grows with economic development …